I worked with this guy for years. Good dude, probably shot 100 Eagles games in his lifetime. I would be STUNNED if he said anything to Bennett prior to the confrontation, which apparently he did not.

This is standard operating procedure. Cameras are allowed on the field immediately after a game. Oftentimes we would get a quote or two from guys running into the locker room, something unique that isn’t said in a scrum or at a press conference. Obviously the players aren’t going to say much, if anything, after a season-ending loss, and they probably don’t want a camera in their face, but it just comes with the territory. The NFL makes the rules and the TV stations try to get a shot.

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William RhodesJanuary 14, 2019 at 11:14 am

Can we scapegoat the Eagles training staff for the season? I know that it’s the NFL and people get hurt but between the weirdness of the timeline of the Wentz injury and the dozens of cornerbacks that we went through during the season, the team needs to do a better job of keeping players on the field. In the National Football League, the best ability is availability.

Wow, it’s as if Michael Bennett has a reputation for being a flaming asshole or something.

By the way, why did the Philly media stop covering his pending trial for assaulting a woman in a wheelchair…on a football field…after a game? Was that case dropped? I know his lawyers kept pushing the dates back and back, but now that Bennett has a lot of free time, maybe he can get his day in court…and possible prison.

Total nothingburger of a story… Bennett was heated and didn’t want a camera in his face… never got physical, didn’t turn into a shouting match, nothing. He was mad, he let the camera guy know and they separated. End of story.

“I saw a camera and feared for my life”‘, said Bennett. “I felt like I was reliving what happened to me in Las Vegas all over again”. CBS has stated they are investigating the matter and have placed the camera man on paid leave.

This whole story is out of context not unlike that comment yet everyone is quick to indict Bennett yet again. As others have said nothing happened a couple of words that’s it so this whole thread is bullshit

“He tackled me and started tickling me” said Bennnett. “He just kept tickling me and kept yelling for me to smile for the camera. I was so scared and hopeless. I kept thinking about all the orphans I wanted to read a book too”.